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Put your hand down from heaven,
    and pick me out from the deep water.[a]
Save me from the power of foreign people.
Their mouths speak lies.
Even when they make a promise,
    they are deceiving people.

I will sing to you a new song, God.
    I will make music to you on my harp.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 144:7 David feels like he is in deep and dangerous water, because his enemies are giving him a lot of trouble.
  2. 144:9 David prays for help (maybe against Goliath and the Philistines). If God saves David from death by the sword, David will make music to the Lord.

Reach down your hand from on high;(A)
    deliver me and rescue me(B)
from the mighty waters,(C)
    from the hands of foreigners(D)
whose mouths are full of lies,(E)
    whose right hands(F) are deceitful.(G)

I will sing a new song(H) to you, my God;
    on the ten-stringed lyre(I) I will make music to you,

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